Foxfield railway station

"For the heritage railway in Staffordshire, see Foxfield Steam Railway."Infobox UK station

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caption=Foxfield signal Box and railway station in 2008
name=Foxfield
manager=Northern Rail
code =FOX
locale=Foxfield
borough=South Lakeland
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Foxfield Railway Station is a train station serving the villages of Foxfield and Broughton-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. It is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line. Some through trains to the Furness Line stop here. It is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.

History

The station dates from 1848, when the Furness Railway extended its line from Barrow to Kirkby-in-Furness to nearby Broughton-in-Furness with the intention of serving local copper mines. Two years later, the "Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway" completed its line down the coast from Whitehaven to join the FR line from Barrow, making Foxfield a junction of some importance in the process. The line from Broughton was extended further northwards to Coniston by the "Coniston Railway Company" on 18 June 1859 [Marshall, p.111] , although it wasn't long before the Furness took it over (along with the W&FJR).For much of its life the Coniston line was well-used by locals and visitors alike, with the branch passenger service connecting with main line trains at one end of the route and with steamer services on Coniston Water at the other. However it fell victim to road competition in the late 1950s, passenger services being withdrawn from 6 October 1958 [Marshall, p.112] and the line closing completely in 1962. The coast line remains in operation though, with the passenger trains supplemented by a number of freight services running to and from the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield.

ervices

Some fourteen trains a day in each direction call on request at the station (Monday to Saturday) - southwards to Barrow-in-Furness and northwards to Millom. Seven trains run through to and from Whitehaven and Carlisle whilst another runs as far as Sellafield. Some trains continue beyond Barrow to Lancaster.

There is no Sunday service.

Notes

References

* Marshall, J (1981) "Forgotten Railways: North-West England", David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0 7153 8003 6

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